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Banhammers
Are you a frustrated OU player, just waiting for bans that you think are taking too long? Do you find that people won't listen to your complaints because you're not a top player, or because you don't have enough high ladder replays to back up your claims? Don't you just wish that everything you hated would just go away, at the snap of your fingers?
If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, then Banhammers is the Pet Mod for you!
In this Gen 9 OU-based Pet Mod, we play 1 roomtour every Saturday. After each roomtour, everyone who played in this gets to ban a certain amount of things from the metagame and the council can't do anything about it. This continues for a cycle of few weeks, where the metagame is then left in whatever shape it's in. The council will then perform tiering actions on the tier like normal, but anything that was banned during the initial roomtour cycle can't be unbanned.
Chaos will inevitably ensue and it will be beautiful, I promise you that!
Rules & InformationBanhammers
Are you a frustrated OU player, just waiting for bans that you think are taking too long? Do you find that people won't listen to your complaints because you're not a top player, or because you don't have enough high ladder replays to back up your claims? Don't you just wish that everything you hated would just go away, at the snap of your fingers?
If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, then Banhammers is the Pet Mod for you!
In this Gen 9 OU-based Pet Mod, we play 1 roomtour every Saturday. After each roomtour, everyone who played in this gets to ban a certain amount of things from the metagame and the council can't do anything about it. This continues for a cycle of few weeks, where the metagame is then left in whatever shape it's in. The council will then perform tiering actions on the tier like normal, but anything that was banned during the initial roomtour cycle can't be unbanned.
Chaos will inevitably ensue and it will be beautiful, I promise you that!
1. Every week for 4 weeks, we play a roomtour on Saturday. As DragonHeaven hasn't been updated to Gen 9 yet, roomtours will be played on the main Pokémon Showdown server in the Pet Mods room, using challenge commands to apply bans. A challenge command will be provided after bans take place for anyone who wants to play the metagame while waiting for the next tournament. The format of each roomtour (meaning if it'll be Round Robin or Elimination) will depend on how many people show up to them, so the format may change from week.
2. After each roomtour, everyone who played in the tournament will receive points. These points will be used to ban things. You receive 1 point for completing a game in the tournament (defined as either finishing a game, or forfeiting at a point where you were guaranteed to lose), 1 point for every game you win, and an additional point for winning the tournament.
3. After receiving their points, players can ban Pokemon, Moves, Items, and Abilities based on how many points they earned. It costs 1 point to ban a Pokemon, 2 points to ban a Move or Ability, and 3 points to ban an item. If a player only earned 1 point in the entire tournament, they are allowed to ban something that would normally cost them 2 points. Players cannot unban anything, add or remove clauses, be used for complex bans, or ban anything that's not a Pokemon, Move, Item, or Ability. All of a player's points must be used before the next roomtour and unused points do not carry over between roomtours.
4. Bans must be sent privately to a council member by 11:59 PM on the day after the previous roomtour, where they'll then be announced in the thread. Players cannot publicly reveal their bans (or planned bans) or knowingly influence the bans of others. Doing either of these may result in that player's points being revoked for that tournament.
5. If two people ban the same thing, that thing is still banned, but the player who sent that ban in second will not get to ban something else. Try to ban things that you think no one else will!
6. This mod will have multiple cycles, one coming after each major update during the generation (One was played when the generation began, one now after the HOME update, one for every DLC update we get, and one for any potential sequels or remakes.)
Council
Yoshiblaze
Resources
Discord
Spreadsheet (Includes all bans, point leaderboard, and tournament history)
Teambuilder Support Here
Note that Cycle 1 was played in a Pre-HOME metagame
/challenge [user], gen9ou @@@ -Gholdengo, -Glimmora, -Great Tusk, -Barraskewda, -Chien-Pao, -Chi-Yu, -Dragapult, -Grimmsnarl, -Ting-Lu, -Volcarona, -Iron Hands, -Dragonite, -Jumpluff, -Maushold, -Maushold-Four, -Dudunsparce-Three-Segment, -Iron Moth, -Weavile, -Meowscarada, -Gengar, -Toxtricity, -Corviknight, -Indeedee-F, -Ditto, -Glimmet, -Sandaconda, -Skeledirge, -Bellibolt, -Chansey, -Cinderace, -Dudunsparce, -Kilowattrel, -Zangoose, -Drain Punch, -Earthquake, -Nuzzle, -Rage Fist, -Shed Tail, -Stealth Rock, -Swords Dance, -Toxic, -U-Turn, -Body Press, -Dragon Dance, -Extreme Speed, -Quiver Dance, -Rapid Spin, -Recover, -Revival Blessing, -Close Combat, -First Impression, -Sticky Web, -Fury Attack, -Shell Smash, -Aurora Veil, -Tera Blast, -Accelerock, -Belly Drum, -Sunny Day, -Brave Bird, -Bulk Up, -Defog, -Draco Meteor, -Fire Blast, -Flamethrower, -Heat Wave, -Hydro Pump, -Ice Beam, -Overheat, -Roost, -Spore, -Stone Edge, -Sucker Punch, -Destiny Bond, -Moonblast, -Nasty Plot, -Parting Shot, -Spikes, -Yawn, -Calm Mind, -Toxic Spikes, -Trick Room, -Blizzard, -Bulldoze, -Curse, -Earth Power, -Giga Drain, -Leech Seed, -Memento, -Stomping Tantrum, -Synthesis, -Wave Crash, -Boomburst, -Fire Spin, -Glaive Rush, -Healing Wish, -Outrage, -Rest, -Slack Off, -Sleep Talk, -Soft-Boiled, -Trailblaze, -Volt Switch, -Wish, -Intimidate, -Magic Bounce, -Purifying Salt, -Regenerator, -Speed Boost, -Unaware, -Drizzle, -Drought, -Protosynthesis, -Sand Stream, -Prankster, -Quark Drive, -Levitate, -Slush Rush, -Toxic Debris, -Shell Armor, -Unburden, -Booster Energy, -Choice Scarf, -Choice Specs, -Leftovers, -Light Clay, -Rocky Helmet, -Black Glasses, -Black Sludge, -Life Orb, -Sitrus Berry, -Chesto Berry, -Focus Sash, -Ultra Ball, -Choice Band, -Flame Orb, -Heavy-Duty Boots, -Eviolite, -Throat Spray, -Toxic Orb
Note that Cycle 1 was played in a Pre-DLC1 metagame
/challenge [user], gen9ou @@@ -Kingambit, -Tornadus, -Sneasler, -Ting-Lu, -Corviknight, -Ursaluna, -Gholdengo, -Enamorus, -Kleavor, -Dragapult, -Rapid Spin, -Defog, -Salt Cure, -Spikes, -Ceaseless Edge, -U-Turn, -Heavy-Duty Boots, -Booster Energy, -Choice Scarf, -Choice Specs, -Drought, -Regenerator, -Levitate, -Purifying Salt, -Landorus, -Thundurus, -Moltres-Galar, -Articuno-Galar, -Zapdos-Galar, -Great Tusk, -Pelipper, -Meowscarada, -Hoopa-Unbound, -Iron Valiant, -Cinderace, -Azumarill, -Recover, -Agility, -Dragon Dance, -Knock Off, -Stored Power, -Sticky Web, -Surging Strikes, -Taunt, -Belly Drum, -Stealth Rock, -Light Clay, -Protosynthesis, -Quark Drive, -Mew, -Polteageist, -Zamazenta, -Pawmot, -Heatran, -Hippowdon, -Dragonite, -Hurricane, -Swords Dance, -Quick Claw, -Loaded Dice, -Focus Sash, -Psychic Surge, -Static, -Spore, -Toxic Spikes, -Volcanion, -Baxcalibur, -Zapdos, -Articuno, -Dondozo, -Moltres, -Trick Room, -Prankster
/challenge [user], gen9ou @@@ -Barraskewda, -Cinderace, -Clodsire, -Dragapult, -Enamorus-Base, -Gholdengo, -Gliscor, -Hatterene, -Iron Treads, -Kingambit, -Ogerpon-Wellspring, -Pelipper, -Rillaboom, -Walking Wake, -Zamazenta, -Earth Power, -Flip Turn, -Freeze-Dry, -Ice Beam, -Knock Off, -Spikes, -Taunt, -Thunder Wave, -Toxic, -Volt Switch, -Booster Energy, -Light Clay, -Protosynthesis, -Clefable, -Corviknight, -Darkrai, -Dragonite, -Maushold, -Primarina, -Samurott-Hisui, -Slowking-Galar, -Weavile, -Focus Blast, -Glare, -Sticky Web, -Unaware, -Quark Drive, -Blissey, -Ceruledge, -Chansey, -Garchomp, -Garganacl, -Glimmora, -Hydreigon, -Ogerpon-Cornerstone, -Ting-Lu, -Close Combat, -Dragon Dance, -Meteor Beam, -Roost, -Scale Shot, -Stealth Rock, -Tera Blast, -Heavy-Duty-Boots, -Chlorophyll, -Swift Swim, -Regenerator, -Draco Meteor, -Intimidate, -Levitate, -Focus Sash, -Leftovers, -Life Orb, -Belly Drum, -Calm Mind, -Nasty Plot, -Azumarill, -Blaziken, -Deoxys-Defense, -Greninja, -Heatran, -Kleavor, -Kommo-o, -Meowscarada, -Moltres-Galar, -Ninetales-Alola, -Pecharunt, -Politoed, -Sinistcha, -Skarmory, -Ursaluna, -Zapdos-Base
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